Debian announces official support for DebSrc3.0
Debian developers have published a formal notice of support for the new source package format - DebSrc3.0.
A distinctive feature of the new format is the possibility of separate storage of distributive patches to the source code (in the old format of src-packages all patches were collected into a single diff.gz). The possibility of separate delivery of patches simplifies the documentation process, makes it more convenient to synchronize patches with other distributions, and also allows authors of original projects to speed up the discovery of new patches and their injection into the base project. In addition, third-party distributions based on the Debian package base may separately allocate their own patches, without modifying the original set of patches.
The new format adds other features, in particular, the use of several archives with source code, the inclusion of arbitrary binary files in the package (for example, the Debian PNG logo can now be added to the src package without using uuencode), as well as support for bzip2 and lzma archives ( besides gzip used now).
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This format was developed by the members of the Debian project. Previously, the Ubuntu project has already accepted this format as the main one, without waiting for it to be officially recognized by Debian.
Details on the mailing list
A distinctive feature of the new format is the possibility of separate storage of distributive patches to the source code (in the old format of src-packages all patches were collected into a single diff.gz). The possibility of separate delivery of patches simplifies the documentation process, makes it more convenient to synchronize patches with other distributions, and also allows authors of original projects to speed up the discovery of new patches and their injection into the base project. In addition, third-party distributions based on the Debian package base may separately allocate their own patches, without modifying the original set of patches.
The new format adds other features, in particular, the use of several archives with source code, the inclusion of arbitrary binary files in the package (for example, the Debian PNG logo can now be added to the src package without using uuencode), as well as support for bzip2 and lzma archives ( besides gzip used now).
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This format was developed by the members of the Debian project. Previously, the Ubuntu project has already accepted this format as the main one, without waiting for it to be officially recognized by Debian.
Details on the mailing list
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/76003/
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